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40th International Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Conference

Register Now!

We’re pleased to open registration for the 40th International Perspectives on Contemporary Legend Conference, held this year June 26-30, 2023 at Sheffield Hallam University, South Yorkshire, UK, and hosted by the Centre for Contemporary Legend. 

There will be a series of themed panels including:

  • Body Horror
  • Social Media
  • Furries and Ghosts
  • Politics, fake news, rumour
  • Conspiracy & Belief
  • Nation & Indigienous legend
  • Haunted Houses
  • Digital Legends
  • Monsters
  • X-Files and UFOs
  • Crime & Moral Panics

The conference includes an optional ‘Legend and Landscape‘ excursion to the Peak District National Park, with a guided visit to the Plague VIllage of Eyam (see HERE) and a tour of Peak Cavern in Castleton (see HERE).

There will also be a conference meal at the Showroom Cinema and an evening event (watch out for further details!)

We look forward to seeing you in SHEFFIELD!

Registration

To register please use the online form HERE

Or use the PDF below:

REGISTRATRION FORM PDF

Additional Info

A few notes about this year’s conference:

  • This year, ISCLR is pleased to extend members-only registration rates for members of The Folklore Society (FLS). 
  • We have a hotel booking tool with special conference rates for two hotels in Sheffield: the Leonardo Hotel Sheffield and the Novotel Sheffield Centre. Book HERE

If you would like to join ISCLR please use this online form HERE 

Or use the PDF below:

isclr-membership-application-2023-fillable-form

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For further information on ISCLR please contact:

Virginia Siegel (she/her/hers)

Secretary, International Society for Contemporary Legend Research

Professor of Practice, University of Arkansas Libraries

Email: isclr.secretary@gmail.com or vdsiegel@uark.edu

Covid Scarecrows from Calow, Chesterfield.

A collection of images of scarecrows on the streets of Calow, Chesterfield photographed by Andrew Rodgers during May 2020. As can be seen from the central image residents were encouraed to create scarecrows to brighten up the streets of Calow and “everyone’s daily walks”.

The majority of Scarecrows feature N.H.S. and healthcare workers of made humorous reference to the pandemic (such as the judo scarecrow preparing to fight the virus), Union Jacks and the flag of St. George were also popular motifs, probably as the festival too place close to V.E. day but also as an expression of national resilience against the virus.

Special thanks to Andrew Rodgers for contributing the photographs and for permission to reproduce them here.